HeyJaredThe Hoon
Bernard Hickey's discussions with Peter Bale and guests about the political economy in Aotearoa-NZ and in geo-politics, including issues around housing affordability, climate change inaction and child poverty reduction. thekaka.substack.com
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The Weekly Hoon: Nicky Hager’s book; OIA avoidance; Attacks on the UN; Cost of living & Election 2026 (opens the original)
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The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics with regular guests Robert Patman and Cathrine Dyer , plus special guest: * Former NZ Heral d Editor Gavin Ellis , who talked about his article on the Official Information Act, the future of media and Nicky Hager’s new book Dirty Work . During the show: Bernard mentioned this chart on the recent
Election Hoon: How should the supermarkets duopoly be broken up? (opens the original)
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National, Labour, NZ First, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori have all released policies for major state intervention in the supermarkets sector to break up or challenge the duopoly of Foodstuffs ( Pak n’ Save, New World & Four Square ) and Woolworths in recent weeks. National and NZ First have proposed breaking up Foodstuffs into separate competing Pak n’ Save and New World/Four square chains, while leaving Woolworths intact. Labour has proposed forcing both Foodstuffs and Woolworths to run their wh
The Weekly Hoon: Climate mis/dis-info; Arabian nightmares; National gazumps Labour again (opens the original)
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The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics with regular guests Robert Patman and Cathrine Dyer , plus special guests: * Technology commentator, futurist and substacker Ben Reid to talk about AI, data centres and future of everything; and, * WWF-NZ Climate law and policy advisor Teall Crossen to talk about climate dis/mis-information. The
The Weekly Hoon: Climate ‘Minsky Moments,’ the rise & rise of AFD; KiwiMart & perfect storms hit our hospitals (opens the original)
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The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics with regular guests Robert Patman and Cathrine Dyer , plus special guests: * Columnist on international affairs for The Guardian , Paul Taylor , who talked about the rise of AFD in Germany, and the diplomatic situation around Gaza and Europe; and, * Investigative journalist for Stuff , Paula Pen
The Weekly Hoon: Passing 1.5 degrees, the rise of Q & the Mecca agreement (opens the original)
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The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics with special guests, including: * International affairs expert Dr Geoffrey Miller , the author of the Gulf States Insights substack, talking about the recent Mecca Agreement; and, * Andy Reisinger , an Associate Professor at Australian National University , and lead author of the mitigation chap
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